The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-29
TITUSVILLE ITEMS.
A Growing City Surrounded by a
Prosperous Country.

prosperous country.
TITUsvILLE, FLA, April 26.-Tn 1880 this
town was very small place 1t had two or
three stores and a small and scattered popu-
lation. Now there are large and fine stores
with complete stocks of goods. Dozens of
new buildings are going up and many others
have just been completed Situated as
Titusville is, at the head of the Indian river,
it naturally commands the greater portion
of the trade from this water roadway, and
as the immigration to this section has been
large the past year, the trade here has
Increased greatly In the last ten months
over 125 new buildings have been erected.
necessitating an outlay of fully $4,000, and
the population has fully doubled. Col
Stewart, the County Clerk. informed the
MORNING. NEWS representative that the
real estate transfers were greater in the past
three months than for year previous to
that time.
THE LANDS ALONG THE RIVER
are valuable, and their fertility is fast be-
coming known. The orange groves are
large, and the Indian river fruit has a world
wide reputation. Besides the rail connec-
ton of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West railway, a steamer now runs to Jack
sonville; three steamers give quick and sure
transportation TO the lower ports of the
river, and there is talk of a new one to be
added soon.
Among the buildings to be erected this
summer arc a two7Story hotel, seventy-five
rooms. built of coquina, and just in front of
the present Titus House, but near and facing
the river. DR.. E. S. Wiley, OF Valdosta,
Ga, has the plans ready for two-story 30
room hotel. 40XS0. 1t viii be a handsome
block. Work is progressing on the new
Episcopal church. Methodist and PreSbyte-
rian churches Will be built this summer also
Your correspondent had a pleasant inter
view with DR.. Winthrop, who is urging the
extensive cu!tivating of the poppy for the
purpose of obtaining opium. The doctor is
an old traveller having been around the
world several times, and is a close and care
full observer.
HE BELIEVES IN THE POPPY CULTURE
for Florida, and says that the poorest lands.
those untitled for anything else, viii grow
this plant to perfection A net profit of
81 900 per acre, he thinks, can easily be
made. He has improved the method, also,
of securing the morphia in the plant, get
ting II greater yield by several hundred per
cent A company is being formed with a
capital of $50, 900, and il looks now as if
tins plant would have II fair trial TO demon
stratc It's fitness for this STATE. If success
full il certainly will be a rich find" for the
settlers, as the plant can be so easily and
cheaply raised. In fact, the doctor claims
the land can be in cultivation all the year
by planting at intervals
Lieut.. Purssell has located the line of the
government telegraph line to Jupiter The
bids for furnishing and erecting poles will he
opened May ., and probably the contracts
Will then be given out at once. Sergt
William Davis is the signal officer in charge,
with Office at the old L4und House
The court house is being enlarged, giving
more space for jury room, etc.
Vegetables Of all kinds, bananas. etc, are
looking well, showing that the February
and March irosts did little damage here
The water protection certainly seems com
plcte here at least
Tho Lake Worth people are alive and
stirring. When the telegraph line rcaches,
Jupiter they propose putting IN a telephone
line - connect with IL, thus giving them
selves quick communication with the out.
sldr world.
1tusYille has two good papers b. Doe proud
oi-thr Sun, WIN. j. Smith, editor and pro-
priot1r ami tho Star, J. W. Wager, Editor
alid proprietor
Your correspondent heard the MOKsiNG
AEws commended on nll sides NEEKLY /
hus a very large circulation here Hud down
ihe river, and ns h10n nf tha uHI.s nrs
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